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ROAR: “Iran is interested in cooperation with Russia despite sanctions”
Published: 10 June, 2010, 16:45
Edited: 01 July, 2010, 17:39
Tehran may react differently to Russia’s and China’s support for the fourth round of sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council, analysts say.
What the experience of North Korea demonstrates is that a closed market without touch with the rest of the World can develop nuclear weapons and is less open to foreign cooperation. The most free trade, the most investment from World companies, the most Iranians work in exports and imports.....that helps influence Teheran. But the American-Israeli way of sanctions, embargoes, managed trade etc, etc, only contribute to close more Iran from the rest of the World.
It looks as if Russia made a deal whreby the yanks do not deploy antiballistic missiles near its borders.and the russians become the fig leaf for the attack that is being prepared against iran. What is in the cards is a yugoslavia type campaign against iranian infrastructure with the purpose of changing iranian regime. This is not going to work. S Hussain fought against iran for 9 years and could not change the system. This is probably the gravest blunder of russian foreigm policy since the dissolution of the USSR. If a hostile regime prevails in Tehran,hundreds of years of good relations between Russia and Persia will come to an end.
The problem is, Iran threatens people in their international speeches. Also the rest of the world wants to make sure that Iran is truly secure. There has been a problem with extreme Muslims trying to kill people for a while in an unhonorable fashion. Russia, the US, and other countries have all felt this extreme form of attack. So all the countries with true freedom of religion and where religion plays little to no part in politics, truly understand what a human who does not believe in their country, their family, and then the divine can do; as extreme Muslims place their religion before everything else. This means that when it comes to their children or their religion, the extreme Muslims will place their religion first. It seems to me that if Iran was a more humble state they would probably be greeted with a better international reception. As of now, it is propagated heavily inside of Iran from what I have read, that non Muslims are highly disliked and the laws of Iran are even governed highly by such distain for freedom of views. I do not know as I have never been to Iran. I believe that if Iran where to take a more humble approach and just allow the international world to come in and help them with their nuclear reactors that tensions in Iran would ease for the international world. In the US we have no hatred for Muslims or those who wish to believe in Mohammad’s books. In the US we have many books, even religions books pre-dating Moses and Jesus, as Mohammad makes reference to being enlightened after Jesus. Iran should say ok, come hang out with us. We like you, you like us and we will learn together. Not Iran hates you and no you cannot help.
Presstv.ir has already reported a flotilla of 12 warships, one of them being an Aircraft Carrier, US and Israeli have passed through the Suez canal into the Red Sea and supposedly heading for the Persian Gulf. Recently it was already reported that Saudi Arabia were prepared to shut down their radar systems to allow the overflight of Israeli Fighter bombers over their territory to Iran. Reason, they have some sort of hatred for Iran. The Bashir Nuclear Reactor is near the Persian Gulf, and Israel has long now been threatening to bomb it out of existence, regardless of the consequences for the civilian population in its vicinity. Recently Russia has openly stated that the delivery of the S-300 system has been frozen, which really means canceled as it would contravene the sanctions under offensive weapons. That is odd, it is supposed to be a defensive weapon to knock out offensive incoming missiles and aircraft. So what is the difference between offensive and defensive? Is a missile attack on Iran from the Red Sea or somewhere in the Persian Gulf an offensive act against Iran, from US and Israeli warships offensive or defensive? Is an act of self defense by the Iranian armed forces against such an attack offensive or defensive? It is clear that the delivery of the S-300 system has been canceled for one reason, to to enable an air attack on Iran from US and Israeli naval ships, or directly from Israel itself, flying over Saudi Arabia. Either way the situation has become extremely grave, and Russian and Chinese support for sanctions against Iran is a slap in the face to the Iranian people. It is very similar to the time when Bush pushed for sanctions and used it as an excuse to invade Iraq. The result, Iraq is now little more than a failed state, or on the verge of being such. This area of the world is so blood soaked from US and Israeli aggression that more blood letting is madness in itself and produces nothing. Beware the ides of march.
There is quite a few blind spots in what most analysts see or do not see. Especially as the things stand with Russia. The amount of Russian-Brazilian-Turkish consultations have all but excaped most analysts probing eyes. And the new positioning of Russia and China in UN has excaped them as well. The era of Russia and China having to single handedly fight a battle for the benefit of non-nuclear members of NPT, and defending their rights to peacefull nuclear energy --- is over. In the "previous life" Russia and China endeavored to work with Iran, encouriging Iran to work with its neighbors to assure them of the peacefull nature of their program. That was then. Iran did just that, but the initial support that was given by the Gulf Coucil and other Arab countries, evaporated. Under pressure, all these countries started to mumble something about "Iranian danger" and the concern about them supporting shiite causes, etc. The bottom line, while Iran was championing Palestinian cause, the fabled "Arab street" was lionizing Iran. The moment anti-Ahmedinejad propaganda crancked up, the Arab elite and street crumbled. Support of Iran by China and Russia, in the face of indifference or outright hostility towards Iran by many Arab and Moslem countried --- was a loosing proposition. Russia and China will be always there for Iran, and with the better defined resolution, it is clear now that Russia CAN supply Iran with defensive weapons. But more skin will be required of others to step in and help solve this international problem. Turkey and Brazil stepped up. Others will have to as well. For Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Lybia, Tunis, Ageria, Marocco and others to remain observers and then some of them actually siding against Iran --- should make Russia and China think hard. And what about other countries interested in nuclear power plants? Should not they get involved to protect their interests? Time to pay to play.